The closure will be in place from 10 p.m. Friday, April 17, through 6 a.m. Monday, April 20. Traffic will be detoured to northbound I-75 to eastbound SR 562 to I-71.

Maintenance worker Jonathan Fryman works on-call, including weekends, and is not looking forward to the extra 30 minutes the detour will add to his drive.

"I commute everyday and I work the weekends, so I'm going to have to find a different route to get where I need to go so it's very inconvenient to me," Fryman said.

During demolition, the left lane of southbound I-71 between the Dana and Taft exits will be closed. Once the bridge is dismantled and removed from the site, various lane closures will be in place on southbound I-71.

Mary Ann Barnes plans to spend the weekend with her grandchildren. She is not looking forward to figuring out an alternate route to get back and forth to downtown but she understands why it's happening.

"I don't know what it takes to take down a bridge and maybe they could just do it at night but they probably have to do it in all one full-well swoop and so if we get a little inconvenienced that's OK," Barnes said.

During this weekend closure, the following exits to northbound I-71 will be closed: I-471, Second Street, Fifth Street, Gilbert/Reading and McMillan. Detours will be signed.

Also, the right two lanes of northbound I-71 through the Lytle Tunnel will be closed; the left lane will remain open with traffic diverted to northbound U.S. 42 (Reading Road) to the Norwood Lateral/SR 562 to I-71.

Motorists attending events in downtown Cincinnati the weekend of April 17 - 20 are advised to plan accordingly.

The demolition mirrors one that took place last summer for the other half of the bridge.